Wild Birds of Tanza, Navotas

01/03/2026

01/11/2025

Welcome back the migrant birds of Tanza, Navotas!

11/10/2025

Today being World Migratory Bird Day 2025, we feature one of the migrants recently seen in Tanza - a Medium Egret (formerly called Intermediate Egret) that has caught an eel for breakfast!

Tagalog name: Tagak

04/11/2024

What a beautiful sight to see Black-winged Stilts feeding alongside endangered Great Knots !

13/09/2024

05/08/2024

Thank you Ms Shane Del Rosario for this Rapper article.

Hindi wasteland ang mudflats. Di rin naman puwede na puro mangrove na lang. May silbi ang wetlands at buhay ng bawat Pilipino apektado sa pagkawala nila dahil tinatabunan at tinatayuan na kung ano ano. Makinig sa mga eksperto hindi yung nagmamarunong dahil sa ganid.

(Mudlflats are not wasteland. And you can't have just all mangroves. Wetlands serve a purpose and affect the lives of every Filipino. They are not useless landforms that need to be developed by building structures on them. Listen to the experts and stop being blinded by greed resulting in excuses and rationalizations.)

The mudflats in Navotas City are not exactly a tourist-y spot, but rare migratory birds love it. It also helps maintain water and air quality in the area.

07/05/2024

This is why I do birdwatching...

17/03/2024

May mga birders na nangangarap na makita itong ibon sa wetlands ng Tanza, Navotas. Dahil maliit ang pagasang mangyari ito, minsan ang usapan ay nauuwi na lamang sa lokohan.

Isang rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper ang bumisita sa wetlands ng Balanga, Bataan. Sapat na ito upang magdiwang ang buong bansa natin. Malay natin balang araw magpunta naman ng Tanza!

Sa mga walang hilig sa ibon, tignan nyo na lang kung ano ang ginagawa ng wetlands para sa tao. Hindi ito walang kwentang putikan na dapat tabunan at tayuan ng mall, resort o bahay. Hindi rin ito tambakan ng basura.

Whats good for the birds is also good for humans.
- Arne Jensen

In a historic moment for Philippine avian biodiversity, the world’s rarest and most threatened migratory shorebird has been sighted for the very first time in the country. The spoon-billed